You showed such joy in harvesting your sweet potatoes, it made me smile :) Now, I can't wait to try my hand at planting sweet potatoes this coming season, thanks to you! Keep it up!
I grow mine in raised beds with carefully developed organic soil (compost, mulch, native clay, etc.) which is never tilled, but is always nice and fluffy. I get a similar harvest from each plant, but one is always twice as big as your biggest one. They are all creamy, not fibrous. I save space by tying up the vines on a cylinder of 5' high heavy wire fencing to go up and then down again. From one of the large sweet potatoes I get about 10 sprouts. I root them and plant them around the fencing (5 around each of two cylinders). I get about 6 potatoes from each plant for a total of 60 potatoes in autumn from just that one potato and two 3' diameter cylinders. They store well on the floor in an open crate over the winter; they last until May.
I really have to try training the vines up something. That area always gets so out of control that other plants get swallowed up and weeds get a super start.
@@djrramsey They don't train well; You have to tie them up with twisty ties (used) or something until they reach the top where they just drape back down. I save my twisty ties from the grocery store and other sources. Getting the vines off the trellis requires either removing all the ties or cutting the vines out. I cut the vines into small pieces for my compost pile so I do the latter. I do let some vines run into the rest of the garden if there is room under taller stuff.
The round pots and the rectangular containers get 2-3 slips each. The 4 ft in the ground squares will get one each towards the corners and then one or two in the middle.
Very impressive. I bet the dark color of the containers helped warm them up. Wish I knew the growing zone there. I've been watching sweet potato videos and this is the best. Glad you were saving the soil, must of the others just dump it where they can't save it for recycling. Now to look at how they were planted. I live in zone 4a, so it is not hot for long, but I keep experimenting.
Try some in the ground also so you can compare. If a dry season the ground will do better, if wet then the containers will drain out better. I try to do both and always one way or the other is better that year.
The sweet potatoes varieties I have been growing are store bought sweet potatoes. Whatever the regular orange ones are and the white flesh ones were just labeled as Japanese sweet potatoes. The orange ones are from years ago and the Japanese white flesh ones this year will be from slips I will start from my own potatoes.
Thank you thank you. It is almost that time again. My sweet potatoes have sprouted inside and need to get the slips into their own pots very soon. Next to harvest, planting is my favorite time. Love the homegrown food.
What kind of soil mix did you use in those containers? Do you use a light mix like Pro-Mix with perlite, or a heavier mix like a potting soil? I'm new to sweet potatoes and I'm in the North which makes things more difficult with a heat loving crop... Thanks.
Around here the potting mix available is Miracle Grow. I use 1/2 Miracle Grow, 1/2 my own compost and then add a lot of perlite to make it lighter for the potatoes to form. Could use all potting mix and add perlite to get the light soil.
Very nice harvest, just planted my first slips of the orange ones have some purple skin white flesh ones that have been in over winter. How long were these in for?
I go from soil temp in the mid 50Fs (mid May to early June) until the the leaves start dying back (late Sept early October). Usually means 120-130 days. I am going to try to harvest some sweet potatoes that went in on May 14. Those will be 127 days. 51F outside this morning and I really need the space to get in some fall veggies. I will put up a video of how this goes.
The sweet potato leaves are excellent delicious vegetable, full of vitamins. Don't thrown them away. Just stir fry with garlic or boil for 5 minutes add a bit of olive oil. Enjoy !!
Stick your finger in the soil an inch or two. If moist then you are ok. If dry you need to water. Late summer for me is drought time. Water then is every day, sometimes two times. If good rains a couple times a week they will have plenty of water.
Wow that’s so weird that seven buckets before that didn’t have that big of potatoes cause I’ve watched all your sweet potato videos and you usually have monster potatoes
I just planted sweet potatoes in a raised bed here in Sydney, Australia. Can I ask what fertiliser you used and the NPK please? My research so far is you need a low nitrogen fertiliser, is that correct? Your joy is infectious, I hope I get similar results 😁
I start out with a higher nitrogen because you need the leaves and vines to get started. Then to the 2nd numbers to encourage root formation. I use worm castings, worm tea, fish emulsion, compost and one of the 'tone' organic ferts.
you work very hard and you harvest the labor of your works,keep up the good work and perseverance! And it's an honor to have you visit our channel, we can discuss more about our experiences in harvesting and building farms.
They should make potatoes. Cut the sprouts into decent size pieces and let them harden off (dry on the cuts) for a day. Then they will be ready to plant. In my experience if I plant too big of a piece of potato then it seems it just keeps living off the potato instead of making new potatoes. Good luck. Home grown potatoes of any kind taste so much better.
I have Bermuda grass, I'm gonna start container gardening with feeder buckets.. 2 ft across and 2 or 3 foot high.. how big are your containers.. do you have a video how you planted this?
Thank you for all the videos about planting and harvesting sweet potatoes. I am very inspired to grow my own slips and plant it later on. I just want to know, i'm on zone 6, and its late for me to plant it now(i think), first frost comes october,how can i preserve my sweet potatoes to last til next growing season(2021)?
If you get any sweet potatoes in the fall I would think they would be really small. Mine keep year to year, but then I don't start storing until November. Maybe plant in a container, and keep the small ones you get for next year.
sweet potato in a container? I will try to plant sweet potato in a container too since I see this omg it's really fun to look at this alot of sweet potatoes
I wish I knew how you did that ! Everytime I grow sweet potatoes in even large and deep containers,,they come out long and skinny ,like carrots! Those are beautiful!!
The containers are all in the 20 gallon reange. I put in 2-4 slips depending on how many I have. 2 is probably best so the sweet potatoes have plenty of room for the tubers to grow.
The soil is 1/2 my compost, 1/2 of a commercial potting mix and then add a lot of perlite to make it as light and airy as possible. Instead of perlite could use ground up leaves or straw.
I put 2 or 3 slips in a container. I want plenty of room for the formation of potatoes. Any more slips and I might get more potatoes, but they will be small and skinny.
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Dude. Your joy and excitement with each large potato was just awesome to see
Your excitement is everything Sir. God bless your garden xx
Super sweet! 🥰
Agreed! I'm so happy for him...lol. love it!
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You showed such joy in harvesting your sweet potatoes, it made me smile :) Now, I can't wait to try my hand at planting sweet potatoes this coming season, thanks to you! Keep it up!
It is a lot harder than he makes it look. It is a lesson in patience.
I grow mine in raised beds with carefully developed organic soil (compost, mulch, native clay, etc.) which is never tilled, but is always nice and fluffy. I get a similar harvest from each plant, but one is always twice as big as your biggest one. They are all creamy, not fibrous. I save space by tying up the vines on a cylinder of 5' high heavy wire fencing to go up and then down again. From one of the large sweet potatoes I get about 10 sprouts. I root them and plant them around the fencing (5 around each of two cylinders). I get about 6 potatoes from each plant for a total of 60 potatoes in autumn from just that one potato and two 3' diameter cylinders. They store well on the floor in an open crate over the winter; they last until May.
I really have to try training the vines up something. That area always gets so out of control that other plants get swallowed up and weeds get a super start.
@@djrramsey They don't train well; You have to tie them up with twisty ties (used) or something until they reach the top where they just drape back down. I save my twisty ties from the grocery store and other sources. Getting the vines off the trellis requires either removing all the ties or cutting the vines out. I cut the vines into small pieces for my compost pile so I do the latter. I do let some vines run into the rest of the garden if there is room under taller stuff.
So pleased for you. Great harvest. Enjoyed watching this video. Thank you.
That was too fun to watch you harvest. Can’t wait to grow these babies this season!
Probably the most enthusiastic sweet potato harvest on the internet. I was right there with you, buddy!
how many roots/slips did you plant in each tub? Sorry if I missed it
I would love to know this as well!
Happy for you. Now, please ship twenty pounds of sweet potatoes to:
Stay well. :)
Wow monster sweet potatoes in a container amazing!!?? Thanks for the very inspiring video.🥔🥔🥔🥔🇵🇭🇵🇭🇺🇸🇺🇸
That was a beautiful harvest of sweet potatoes. How many slips did you use for that pot.
The round pots and the rectangular containers get 2-3 slips each. The 4 ft in the ground squares will get one each towards the corners and then one or two in the middle.
Thank you
Wow I am excited for you. How many slips did you plant in each containers and how big are the containers? Great job
2-3 slips per container
The sweet potato's leaves are very tasty. It's a very healthy vegetables.
What size totes are you growing the potatoes in? I'm thinking of using that method this year. Nice harvest.
The round totes are 18 gallon. The rectangular bins are 30 inches x 20 inches x 10 inches deep. Roughly 20 gallons. Go bigger if you can.
Very impressive. I bet the dark color of the containers helped warm them up. Wish I knew the growing zone there. I've been watching sweet potato videos and this is the best. Glad you were saving the soil, must of the others just dump it where they can't save it for recycling. Now to look at how they were planted. I live in zone 4a, so it is not hot for long, but I keep experimenting.
I am in zone 7, NE of Atlanta, GA. With your zone 4 you will need to get plants started and growing inside to try to get a longer growing period.
I love to eat sweet potato leaves. They are delicious sautéed.,steamed with some Thai spicy dipping sauce.
Fantastic tip. Do you have to cut them at a particular stage? Or can you just harvest them when the s.potatoes are done? VERY interested. Thank you
your enthusiasm is contagious..love it!!!
What a harvest of large, healthy-looking sweet potatoes. I love these tubers!
I envision a sweet potato pie with vanilla ice cream, yum.
I was searching for growing large size sweet potatoes in containers and im happy to find yours.👍
Don't throw the leaves😬😬..you know that can be super tasty vegetables
I want to grow my own vegetable when I retire and back in my home country. Just watching his video is so satisfying...
Wooo Whooo! What an AWESOME BEAUTIFUL HAULED HARVEST! 😮😮😮WOW! Even a BUNCH attached like Bananas! 🍌 BIGGEST CONGRATS!👏🏾🎉❤️
Great video, very informative, thanks for sharing 👍
Me and my Grandsons grew a huge cannonball one and trust me it tasted extra sweet, lol!!!
Love this video - your excitement is wonderful!! What size tubs are you using? Guessing they have drainage holes in the bottom? Thanks!!
Just put back the smller potatoes cover with soil..it will increase size after 4 months
I’m trying sweet potatoes in buckets this year! Your video gives me hope for success!
Try some in the ground also so you can compare. If a dry season the ground will do better, if wet then the containers will drain out better. I try to do both and always one way or the other is better that year.
I loved watching your excitement harvesting your bounteous sweet potato crop, could you share what variety you grew?
The sweet potatoes varieties I have been growing are store bought sweet potatoes. Whatever the regular orange ones are and the white flesh ones were just labeled as Japanese sweet potatoes. The orange ones are from years ago and the Japanese white flesh ones this year will be from slips I will start from my own potatoes.
Amazing harvest just from two containers!
Happy to see the harvest sir.. my favourite potatoes,,
Wow you did amazing can you share what and how much fertilizer you used and the dirt mix you use? How many slips were started in each tub?
You’re excitement is exciting!! :) Great harvest!!!
Love this video. Your expression is priceless. Happy for you...feeling inspired.
Thank you thank you. It is almost that time again. My sweet potatoes have sprouted inside and need to get the slips into their own pots very soon. Next to harvest, planting is my favorite time. Love the homegrown food.
THANK YOU SO MUCH,VERY NICE,GOD BLESS
Nice potatoes.
This is my first year to grow sweet potatoes.
Hope to get a good harvest.
Loved watching you harvest, Great haul!
Wow! I think I'll try to grow some sweet potatoes next year! You did an awesome job!
This was great harvest ..good job
going to be my first garden in 10 years and i'm trying sweet potatoes for the first time ever.. your info is invaluable to me. thanks.
What kind of soil mix did you use in those containers? Do you use a light mix like Pro-Mix with perlite, or a heavier mix like a potting soil? I'm new to sweet potatoes and I'm in the North which makes things more difficult with a heat loving crop... Thanks.
Around here the potting mix available is Miracle Grow. I use 1/2 Miracle Grow, 1/2 my own compost and then add a lot of perlite to make it lighter for the potatoes to form. Could use all potting mix and add perlite to get the light soil.
Very nice harvest, just planted my first slips of the orange ones have some purple skin white flesh ones that have been in over winter. How long were these in for?
I go from soil temp in the mid 50Fs (mid May to early June) until the the leaves start dying back (late Sept early October). Usually means 120-130 days. I am going to try to harvest some sweet potatoes that went in on May 14. Those will be 127 days. 51F outside this morning and I really need the space to get in some fall veggies. I will put up a video of how this goes.
Wow! I am brand new to gardening, please can you tell me did you start these with seeds? What a beautiful harvest. Thank you for sharing your skills 💜
Sweet potatoes are started from slips. You can grow the slips yourself or buy them from a garden center
Or just put one in very good compost soil and it'll root.
In the Philippines we grow it from a matured vines.🇵🇭🇵🇭🥔🥔🥔
That is an awesome harvest. Hope mine are half as good.
The sweet potato leaves are excellent delicious vegetable, full of vitamins. Don't thrown them away. Just stir fry with garlic or boil for 5 minutes add a bit of olive oil. Enjoy !!
We are going to try this year. Thanks
Amazing Sweet Potato's how exciting what a great harvest 💦☀🍠🐍🐝🚜🐤
Congrats sir ...I m happy and amaze while you digging the compost taking the sweet potato.its really sweet.isn't it?
So much better than store bought sweet potatoes. The skinny ones have the smoothest texture. So creamy. But they are all fabulous.
How to soil mix sir and how many days its will take time to grow
How often do i need to water the sweet potatoes?
Stick your finger in the soil an inch or two. If moist then you are ok. If dry you need to water. Late summer for me is drought time. Water then is every day, sometimes two times. If good rains a couple times a week they will have plenty of water.
How many slips did you put sir?
Awesome Harvest. Soil looked amazing. Lots of good compost and well aged manure.
Amazing harvest sir! How many slips did you plant in each container?
Each container gets 2-3 slips. I want a lot of room for the potatoes!
How many slips did you plant in that container?Also, how long did you let them grow?
I always plant 2 or 3 slips in a container. A lot of people will put in a lot of slips. I want room for the potatoes to grow and not be crowded.
So good to see you happy with ur harvest. I mean who won't be, a good harvest after some good hardwork.
I am so happy for you! can't wait to try growing one as well!
I love your excitment 🤑
wow! 👍
That is so fabulous! Congrats
The small sweet potatoes are better that's my opinion
Beautiful harvest I hope mine do well this year
So excited. Couple more weeks and it will be time to get the new slips started from sweet potatoes!
Wow that’s so weird that seven buckets before that didn’t have that big of potatoes cause I’ve watched all your sweet potato videos and you usually have monster potatoes
I would like to know properly how about you take care of your sweet potato ? Can you share how to do and many step ?
Lots of videos on sweet potatoes here. I have videos covering the initial plantings, care and fertilizing and harvesting.
The soil from the first pot looked darker and richer.They may have been the same but it just looked that way. All in all great harvest.
I just planted sweet potatoes in a raised bed here in Sydney, Australia. Can I ask what fertiliser you used and the NPK please? My research so far is you need a low nitrogen fertiliser, is that correct? Your joy is infectious, I hope I get similar results 😁
I start out with a higher nitrogen because you need the leaves and vines to get started. Then to the 2nd numbers to encourage root formation. I use worm castings, worm tea, fish emulsion, compost and one of the 'tone' organic ferts.
@@GrowAndEatThis thank you for answering 😁
Very nice
you work very hard and you harvest the labor of your works,keep up the good work and perseverance! And it's an honor to have you visit our channel, we can discuss more about our experiences in harvesting and building farms.
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Amazing harvest. I love your channel. Thank you for the tips and ideas.
Man i was so excitin u wud hve sworn it was me harvestin ....wats ur secret.. I wanna try this to...love all the way frm st lucia
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I actually have a bag of Idaho potatoes in my pantry not organic but have sprouts all.over them. Will they produce potatoes or just flower
They should make potatoes. Cut the sprouts into decent size pieces and let them harden off (dry on the cuts) for a day. Then they will be ready to plant. In my experience if I plant too big of a piece of potato then it seems it just keeps living off the potato instead of making new potatoes. Good luck. Home grown potatoes of any kind taste so much better.
@@djrramsey awesome thanks
Hrang 2 Minuten. Fun for fun, happy harvest !
I can't stop smiling 😊😊😊
Can you please share how you started and when? Did you plant the top of one?
I have Bermuda grass, I'm gonna start container gardening with feeder buckets.. 2 ft across and 2 or 3 foot high.. how big are your containers.. do you have a video how you planted this?
That's an amazing harvest.
Wow!!! What an exciting harvest. Thanks for sharing
Hi have a good day, I would like to know when did you plant those sweet potatoes in the container? Thank you.
I plant when the soil gets very warm. For me that is late May or early June. I am zone 7, NE of Atlanta GA
Thank you for all the videos about planting and harvesting sweet potatoes. I am very inspired to grow my own slips and plant it later on. I just want to know, i'm on zone 6, and its late for me to plant it now(i think), first frost comes october,how can i preserve my sweet potatoes to last til next growing season(2021)?
If you get any sweet potatoes in the fall I would think they would be really small. Mine keep year to year, but then I don't start storing until November. Maybe plant in a container, and keep the small ones you get for next year.
@@djrramsey thank you! That's a good idea. I will do that. There's a scarcity of purple sweet potatoes here where I live😆
Great!
Today I just harvest 3.5kg purple sweet potato which grow in 52L container too.
We only discovered the purple sweet potatoes this year. They are so good.
Joy to acquire the fruit of plant you planted, it pays.
That's about 20 sweet potatoes! God multiplies!!!
What variety is that? Where are you located?
Zone 7, Lawrenceville, GA The variety came from the grocery store years ago. Probably Beauregard.
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sweet potato in a container? I will try to plant sweet potato in a container too since I see this omg it's really fun to look at this alot of sweet potatoes
Wowww.. You ginger plant is so huge... By the way how long you plan them before harvest?
I wish I knew how you did that ! Everytime I grow sweet potatoes in even large and deep containers,,they come out long and skinny ,like carrots! Those are beautiful!!
Hi
Maybe you didn't well fertilized your plant.
Put more compost. Hard soil makes them skinnier
Awesome! Sir, I have a question what size is the container and how many slips did you sow in each
The containers are all in the 20 gallon reange. I put in 2-4 slips depending on how many I have. 2 is probably best so the sweet potatoes have plenty of room for the tubers to grow.
David Ramsey Thank you so much!
Very nice sweet potatoe harvest the potatoes are just beautiful from the containers wonderful harvest great success!!🙏🙏👍👍
This video was so satisfying.
Enjoy your video very much.,
Hope you are a Well Sir…
From NYC Manhattan 🦋
how deep the containers?
Round ones are about 16" deep. Rectangular ones are 12". Deeper is better to get better formed potatoes.
I love seeing harvesting sweet potatoes!
Wow that's amazing. Going to try to grow mine soon. Wonderful
Hi David … I need help with my container garden in Plant Zone 8!! Peppers and zucchini issues.
Can you tell us what the soil was?
The soil is 1/2 my compost, 1/2 of a commercial potting mix and then add a lot of perlite to make it as light and airy as possible. Instead of perlite could use ground up leaves or straw.
That was marvellous and exciting! Aussie Lady
How many slips produced all those sweet potatoes
I put 2 or 3 slips in a container. I want plenty of room for the formation of potatoes. Any more slips and I might get more potatoes, but they will be small and skinny.
@@djrramsey thanks. I’ve ordered my slips and your videos have me excited about planting them.
This channel has 21k+ subs and yet most uploads can't even reach 1k views... What is the point of subbing if they won't even click the vid then get out if they don't like the content just for the channel to get views??
Most of these subscriptions are from Asia or the Philippines. I do not know why a couple of videos get so many views and others get almost none. Even those on the same topic. Drives me nuts trying to decide why this happens. Maybe how they access the internet makes subscribing difficult. No idea.
@@GrowAndEatThis well,, just keep grinding. Its really rough to get stable on you tube.. Also may I suggest that you take on a wide variety of gardening vids then focus on the topics that gets the most views..
The leaves are very good to eat like spinach.
WOW! Excellent harvest there. Great job